Black oppression art

Caption this 24 March 2020

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The way that Margaret Bowland depicts little girls with their faces painted white, wearing cotton wreaths on their heads or how she paints little people in a grand style that's reminiscent of Manet, the famous 19th Century French painter, conjure up ideas about deeply rooted beliefs and societal prejudices. Bowland speaks about her work as a reaction to common mainstream belief structures. She identifies this societal ideal as “One must be tall, thin and white. One’s features must be…

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